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Go to http://www.audible.com/joescott or text "joescott" to 500500 to start your free 30-day trial. Ion drives are a type of propulsion that provides a very small amount of force over a very long period of time, giving it the ability to build up to incredibly fast speeds. Cool, fun, nerdy T-shirts at the shop - go check them out! http://www.answerswithjoe.com/shirts Support me on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS NASA documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV5i_X1M77Q Universe Today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H0qsqZjLW0 Scott Manley on ion drives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb_U_CbQ5sc

During a tour of the NASA Orion Spacecraft mock-up at the Johnson Space Center, Space.com's managing editor Tariq Malik finds out where astronauts will go potty on long duration missions. Credit: Space.com

NASA announces the men and women who will be on board the first flights of the new spaceships built by Boeing and SpaceX when Americans are once again launched into space from the USA. News release: https://go.nasa.gov/2KoGhVS The nine astronauts targeted to make the first flights on the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon share their thoughts about the assignment and the importance of this new capability to support the International Space Station as part of the nation’s overall space exploration plan. More about the Commercial Crew Program: https://go.nasa.gov/1EIx5m6

China on Tuesday launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of the country's high-resolution Earth observation project. The Gaofen-11 satellite was launched on a Long March 4B rocket at 11:00 Beijing Time from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. It was the 282nd flight mission by a Long March carrier rocket. The satellite can be used for land survey, urban planning, road network design, agriculture, and disaster relief. Its data will also be used for the Belt and Road Initiative. Since the Gaofen project began in 2010, China has gained an increasingly clearer view of the planet.

Another successful parachute test for Orion, how we’re getting back to the Moon, and an Apollo 11 virtual experience … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0720_Successful%20Parachute%20Test%20for%20Orion%20on%20This%20Week%[email protected]%20%E2%80%93%20July%2020,%202018.html

Reaction Engines is at the Farnborough Airshow to talk about the air-breathing Sabre engine that will have the capability to go from a standing start to suborbit. Guy Norris is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, based in Los Angeles. Before joining Aviation Week in 2007, Guy was with Flight International, first as technical editor based in the U.K. and most recently as U.S. West Coast editor. Before joining Flight, he was London correspondent for Interavia, part of Jane's Information Group. Mark Thomas has been Chief Executive Officer of Reaction Engines Limited since May 2015. In this role he is leading development of the SABRE engine concept, a new class of aerospace propulsion system for hypersonic and space access applications, and building a successful technology business. During his first two and a half years Mark has grown the company from 65 to over 150 employees, secured investments from BAE Systems, the UK Government and DARPA, and expanded operations in the UK and US. Before joining Reaction Engines, Mark graduated from Cambridge University with an Engineering degree and spent over 25 years working in the Defence and Civil Aerospace businesses of Rolls-Royce plc. During this time he led a number of key programmes for Rolls-Royce, working closely with customers and partners worldwide. Notable roles included Chief Development Engineer for the EJ200 (Typhoon) engine, Chief Engineer of multiple military and civil engine programmes Technical Director of the Eurojet Turbo GmbH consortium based in Munich, and Chief Engineer, Civil Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Blue Origin will be launching their 9th mission for their New Shepard sub-orbital launcher. They will be testing out their escape motor at a high altitude, which might make for a very interesting mission! Follow and Like my upcoming new series on Facebook Watch with Space.com "Spacing Out!" - https://www.facebook.com/SpacingOutEverydayAstronaut/ Show your support and join our discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

New Shepard flew for the ninth time on July 18, 2018. During this mission, known as Mission 9 (M9), the escape motor was fired shortly after booster separation. The Crew Capsule was pushed hard by the escape test and we stressed the rocket to test that astronauts can get away from an anomaly at any time during flight. The mission was a success for both the booster and capsule. Most importantly, astronauts would have had an exhilarating ride and safe landing. This isn’t the first time we’ve done this type of extreme testing on New Shepard. In October of 2012, we simulated a booster failure on the launch pad and had a successful escape. Then in October of 2016, we simulated a booster failure in-flight at Max Q, which is the most physically strenuous point in the flight for the rocket, and had a completely successful escape of the capsule. This test on M9 allowed us to finally characterize escape motor performance in the near-vacuum of space and guarantee that we can safely return our astronauts in any phase of flight. Also on M9, New Shepard carried science and research payloads from commercial companies, universities and space agencies. Learn more about the payloads on board here: http://www.blueorigin.com/news/news/payload-manifest-on-mission-9

On July 17, 1962, the American test pilot Bob White broke the world record for the highest altitude flight. He took off from Edwards Air Force Base in a rocket-powered X-15 aircraft and made it to an altitude of 314,750 feet. That's almost 60 miles! At the time, the Air Force considered the edge of space to be 50 miles above the Earth. So White received astronaut wings for his record-breaking spaceflight.

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Parker Solar Probe's launch vehicle - the Delta IV Heavy, the most powerful rocket currently used by NASA - will carry the spacecraft into space later this year, marking the first time the Delta IV Heavy will carry a NASA science mission aloft. Johns Hopkins APL's Jennifer Fischer, deputy system assurance lead, interviews Project Manager Andy Driesman about the launch and the efforts to date to make this historic mission possible. Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/

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The Falcon 9. The world’s FIRST reusable rocket. Wait. No it’s not. Do you remember the Space Shuttle? It had those solid rocket boosters and the orbiter, which were both reusable weren’t they? Well, today we’re going to talk about why the Space Shuttle failed to actually be reusable and wound up being described with a more accurate word, refurbish-able. People often cite the shortcomings of the Space Shuttle and are quick to point it to SpaceX’s claims of the Falcon 9 booster being reusable. So today we’re going to look at what it took to get the space shuttle operational between flights, what it takes to get a Falcon 9 operational between flights, and why SpaceX’s first stage boosters take much less of a beating than the Space Shuttle. We’ll also do a quick reminder of what technologies SpaceX added to their Block 5 booster to hopefully achieve their goal of making a rapidly reusable rocket that can truly be reused 10 times before needing serious refurbishment. ----------------------------------------------------- What are those moving globes on my desk??? Well those are MOVA globes and they're amazing!!! - http://bit.ly/OuterSpaceMOVAGlobes Check out kNews for awesome updates on spaceflight with Lukas - https://www.youtube.com/user/KerbalEssences Follow and Like my new series on Facebook Watch with Space.com "Spacing Out!" - https://www.facebook.com/SpacingOutEverydayAstronaut/ My second place Tesla commercial "Spaceships. For Earth." - https://youtu.be/tTkNWiYR_Vo Show your support and join our discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

Space is hard. There’s a reason we use rocket science as a benchmark for anything extremely difficult. I for one champion all things space and eagerly await every single upcoming space event. But, in order to move forward, we’d better look back at some past failures and see what we’ve learned from them. What better way to do that than to watch some of the biggest boom’s in spaceflight history? BUT as always on my channel, this isn’t just a random compilation of crazy explosions, nope sorry… I’ll be teaching you what went wrong and other random facts about each mission so we too can learn while we watch some fireworks…. After all, mistakes are only mistakes if you don’t learn anything from them. That being said, let’s see some of the biggest booms in rocket history! 12: SpaceX landing attempts (2015) 11: SM-65 Atlas, 6/11/1957 10: Titan 1, 12/12/1959 9: Atlas/Centaur 5, 3/2/1965 8: Falcon 9 / Amos 6, 9/1/2016 7: Antares / CRS ORB-3, 10/28/2014 6: Juno II / Explorer S-1, 7/16/1959 5: Ariane 5, 6/4/1996 4: Proton / GLONASS, 7/2/2013 3: Titan IV / A-20, 8/12/98 2 Delta II / GPS IIR-1, 1/17/1997 1: N1 / L1 ZOND, 7/3/1968 Rockets in Everyday Places - https://youtu.be/cLJkk-iHr8Q Matt Travis "It's gonna get loud" footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ0SgAU9LXI&t=36s Antares failure from Elliot Severn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ythm-Rjy4 Follow and Like my new series on Facebook Watch with Space.com "Spacing Out!" - https://www.facebook.com/SpacingOutEverydayAstronaut/ My second place Tesla commercial "Spaceships. For Earth." - https://youtu.be/tTkNWiYR_Vo Show your support and join our discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

The Saturn V was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. The three-stage liquid-fueled super heavy-lift launch vehicle was developed to support the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon and was later used to launch Skylab, the first American space station. The Saturn V was launched 13 times from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with no loss of crew or payload. As of 2018, the Saturn V remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful (highest total impulse) rocket ever brought to operational status, and holds records for the heaviest payload launched and largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO) of 140,000 kg, which included the third stage and unburned propellant needed to send the Apollo Command/Service Module and Lunar Module to the Moon. To date, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit. A total of 15 flight-capable vehicles were built, but only 13 were flown. An additional three vehicles were built for ground testing purposes. A total of 24 astronauts were launched to the Moon, three of them twice, in the four years spanning December 1968 through December 1972.

The X-33 was the prototype replacement for the Space Shuttle and would feature a range of cutting-edge technologies that would make much cheaper to operate and quicker to turn around with much less personal. Although 95% of the components had been made and delivered and a new flight centre had been built it was cancelled in a shock decision that would put back the reusable space program years. Was this NASA's biggest mistake of recent years or was it just too advanced for the time, in this video we look at the X-33 and the reason why it ended up being scrapped. Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/curiousdroid Sponsored by Luke Tumas Vindziulis Muhammad Tauha Ali Pascal Hausammann Florian Hesse And : Morten Granvold, Tim Allen, David Thomas, Robert Goldwein, Oscar Anderson, Collin Copfer, coolascats, Katy, Blair Leduc, Lajszla Antal, Chad Mellor, Bjorn Nyblad, Giacomo Catenazzi, AMIR BLACHMAN, Larry Ackerman, Ara Kirakosyan, Tayar Jundi, Johan Rombaut, Tobias Pettersson, Kevin Hinnen, Mitchel J. Mullin II, Hunter Schwisow, Peter Cote, Cody Belichesky, Mogoreanu Daniel, Douglas Gustafson, Marcus Chiado, Jorn Magnus Karlsen. This episodes shirt is the GARAGEFLOWER by Mapcap England available from www.atomretro.com/madcap_england Get 10% off with the code DROID10 Presented by Paul Shillito Written & Reseached by Paul Shillito Intro music by Mike Mullen BMI www.positrosmic.com Images and footage NASA, Rockwell, Lockhead Martin McDonnell Douglas White House

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[Space Tourism] Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity (VSS Unity) has successfully conducted her second powered test flight on 29 May 2018. On this flight VSS Unity's motor burned for 31 seconds propelling the spacecraft to a speed of Mach 1.9 and an altitude of 114,500 ft. Video edited by: Go To Space Footage Courtesy: Virgin Galactic Video Song: Easier to Fade (feat. Madi Larson) - A Himitsu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d432TRZEeYw https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Outro Music : HeroicMonk - Can't Kill Me https://soundcloud.com/heroicmonk - YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/GotospaceOrg - Twitter : https://twitter.com/GoToSpace_GTS - Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GoToSpace/ - Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+GotospaceOrg

https://brilliant.org/CuriousDroid Over 50 years ago an engine was designed that overcame the inherent design inefficiencies of bell-shaped rocket nozzles, but despite much research in the 60's, 70's and 90's and was to power the replacement for the Space Shuttle. But 50 years on and it still yet to be flight tested. So why aren't we using Aerospike rocket engines? This video is sponsored by https://brilliant.org/curiousdroid The first 200 people to apply will get a 20% discount on their yearly Brilliant subscription. Presented by Paul Shillito Written and researched by Paul Shillito Intro music by Mike Mullen BMI www.positrosmic.com Footage and Images - NASA, SpaceX, Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin This episodes shirt is the Madcap England Wallflower - available here https://www.madcapengland.com/product/30339/mens-mod-rayon-fabric-vintage-shirt-white.

The controversial Em Drive is back in the news, as well as some other interesting stuff I've run across in the last week. Em Drive: https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/23/impossible-em-drive-is-actually-impossible-after-all/ Scott Manley's video: https://youtu.be/rJM6lP9CuSw My previous video on Em Drive: https://youtu.be/gTEMMiQXXVg NASA's Cold Atom Lab https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/21/nasa-cold-atom-lab-launches/ Eyeball Planets Might Hold Life: http://nautil.us/blog/-forget-earth_likewell-first-find-aliens-on-eyeball-planets Support me on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe

People always ask me why we’re stuck with chemical rockets. Seriously, exploding a bunch of hydrogen or kerosene is the best we can do? Good news, there are other, exotic science fiction-sounding propulsion systems out there which use electromagnetic fields to accelerate atoms, allowing their spacecraft to accelerate for months at a time. I’m talking about ion engines, of course, and several spacecraft have already used these exotic thrusters to perform some of the most amazing missions in the exploration of the Solar System. Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio Video Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/bh/podcast/universe-today-video/id794057165?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/video What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - [email protected] Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001 References: http://www.spacex.com/falcon9 https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/Ion_Propulsion1.html https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=272 https://www.space.com/38444-mars-thruster-design-breaks-records.html http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/World-first_firing_of_air-breathing_electric_thruster

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Rockets are HUGE, complicated and expensive. As a matter of fact, the rocket that took humans to the moon, the Saturn 5, was 111 meters or 363 feet tall, and had more separation events than dating teenagers. So why do rockets always split themselves into multiple parts. Isn’t that complicated and risky? Why throw so much away? I mean, there’s got to be a better way!!! Well how about if rockets were only ONE stage? How awesome would that be? Well this idea isn’t new… it’s called single stage to orbit or SSTO and it’s often considered the holy grail of rocketry. Well, today, I’m going to SMASH THAT HOLY GRAIL and explain why I think SSTO’s SUCK. In order to drill this point in we’ll teach you all about the tyranny of the rocket equation and help you understand why every orbital rocket, well, ever is multistage. Then we’ll take a stroll down SSTO history and look at some crazy designs that in some cases almost worked... And not to be a huge downer, we will take a look at some SSTO designs that MIGHT actually work, including the Skylon spaceplane that uses the awesome SABRE hybrid engine. Show your support and join our discord channel and subreddit by becoming Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Follow my new Series on Facebook Watch with Space.com "Spacing Out!" - https://www.facebook.com/SpacingOutEverydayAstronaut/ Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

Reactions Engines New Test Facility, known as TF1 is located in Westcott Venture Park in Buckinghamshire UK, a location with a strong history of rocket propulsion research, having been used to test various UK rocket projects since 1946, including the Blue Streak and Black Arrow programmes. In 2016 the UK Space Agency selected Westcott as the UK’s National Space Propulsion Test Facility and the site is now home to a number of space propulsion and satellite technology companies. In May 2017 Reaction Engines held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of a new engine test facility which will enable tests of the critical subsystems along with the testing of a SABRE engine core. Since the ground breaking event great progress has been made to both the assembly building and the test site compound. On the test site compound where the rocket engine will be tested, the 5m high gabion wall to protect our neighbours from the noise is complete. On the back of the gabion wall will be a landscaped grass bank that has been constructed with 12,400 cubic meters of earth weighing 22,400 tonnes, all held together with 36,500 square meters of matting. Despite the weather causing some minor delays on the test site compound, progress is good and the area is now taking shape. The majority of the ducts have been laid around the perimeter edge, other trenches are on-going for the cable ducts to cater for the miles of cable connecting the test site compound to the test site mission control room in the assembly building. The requirements from the engineers are now being finalised to cater for complex plant layout which will determine the layout of the concrete plinths and the reinforced containment shelter that will house the engine core during testing. Reaction Engines are also pleased to announce the appointment of Air Liquide to design and supply the Cryogenic Liquids and Gases required for the engine testing. This will involve Reaction Engines and Air Liquide working together for the next 18 months to deliver a complex cryogenic and gaseous delivery system.

Article: “Next-Generation RS-25 Engines for the NASA Space Launch System” http://go.usa.gov/xQ8Jm Related Articles: http://go.usa.gov/xQ8Jv NASA STI Program: https://sti.nasa.gov NASA Technical Reports Server: https://ntrs.nasa.gov Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/nasastiprogram Twitter: @NASA_STI Stennis Space Center has long been known as the agency’s largest rocket testing facility and they have been extremely busy with the testing of the upgraded RS-25 engines. In fact all RS-25 Engine testing happens exclusively at Stennis Space Center! If these look familiar to you, it may be due to the fact that they were used as the space shuttle main engine for the last 30 years. Compared to the 3 RS-25 engines that the space shuttle had the SLS will utilize 4 of them to produce 2 Million pounds of thrust. The thorough testing of the RS-25 plays an essential role in upholding NASA’s high standards of efficient and reliable engines.

Blue Origin successfully completed the eighth launch of its New Shepard suborbital crewed vehicle. On Sunday, the reusable rocket shot into a cloudless sky above west Texas, reaching an impressive 351,000 feet. Company founder Jeff Bezos tweeted: “That’s the altitude we’ve been targeting for operations. One step closer.” Unlike rival SpaceX—which Elon Musk intends to eventually carry customers to Mars—Bezos’s private space firm is currently focused on suborbital spaceflight: blasting folks out of the atmosphere for a weightless romp, before returning to Earth. https://www.geek.com/tech/blue-origin-successfully-completes-another-launch-of-new-shepard-rocket-1738520/?source http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit Tech using http://wochit.com

New Shepard flew again for the eighth time on April 29, 2018, from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. Known as Mission 8 (M8), the mission featured a reflight of the vehicle flown on Mission 7. The Crew Capsule reached an apogee of 351,000 feet (66 miles, 107 kilometers) – the altitude we’ve been targeting for operations. For the second time, Blue Origin’s test dummy “Mannequin Skywalker” flew to space conducting astronaut telemetry and science studies. The flight also carried research payloads for NASA, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and commercial customers. Learn more about the payloads: https://www.blueorigin.com/news/news/payload-customers-on-new-shepards-8th-test-flight We look forward to sharing upcoming test flights as we continue our progress toward human spaceflight.

Jeff Bezos' space flight company Blue Origin tested its New Shepard rocket for the eighth time Sunday. SpaceX and Blue Origin appear to be in an undeclared race to launch humans into space aboard one of their capsules.

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In this week's episode, Fraser talks about how you can support the creators you love, why NASA doesn't make duplicates of its spacecraft, and what binoculars he's using. Astronomy Binoculars: https://www.celestron.com/collections/astronomy-binoculars Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio Video Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/bh/podcast/universe-today-video/id794057165?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/video What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - [email protected] Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001 GURU OF TECHNOLOGIES You make awesome videos but why you have very less subscriber.....I think you must have more subscribers ..🙁😉😁 Basile Collard @Fraser Cain Why do NASA never launch multiple time the same satellite/space telescope? It look like they develop everything from the ground up each time :/ Jo Thi Hi Fraser, you mentioned your binoculars are 15x70. What's the brand/model? Jordan SA Why is repairing the reaction wheels not an option? Mt Drew Habitable exoplanets we find today may not be habitable NOW. Some are thousands of light years away and a lot could've happened by the time its light reaches us 🙁 Eric Drafahl Great video! Is TESS going to use gyroscopes to reorient itself or another mechanism? Marijn fly What about exo-sunspots? How can they tell these apart from transiting planets? Charles E Bright Hello love this channel and I have learned alot. When do you believe when we will get the first clear picture of a planet outside our solar system? Christopher Blackman Hi Fraser. How feasible is it that a probe could hitch a ride on Halley's Comet in 2062 (if we're still here then)? Or would it even be worth trying? Thanks eric thatcher Hi Fraser love the video's. In the 80's cartoon Thundar the Barbarian a run away asteroid passes between earth and the moon and causes world havoc could this really happen? Cadeyrn Dragheim I have a question, could there be another galaxy really close to us that might hit us in the next 100 million or so ye

Drone footage taken as ULA's Atlas V 551 rocket prepares to launch the AFSPC-11 mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission launched on April 14, 2018.

Join host Kevin O'Brien for the first installment of SLS Trivia with three questions about the "L" in SLS -- launch. Make sure you let us know how you do in the comments below.

First Stage Landing on Drone Ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’

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Find out if Lumerit can save you time and money for college. Get a free quote at https://lumerit.com/answerswithjoe Blue Origin is the private space flight company founded by Amazon CEO and current richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos. Through their New Shepard and New Glenn projects, they are working toward the goal of having millions of people living and working in space. Support me on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe

Paddy Neumamm, Chief Scientist and Founder of Neumann Space joins us to talk about their solar-electric ion drive. The Neumann Drive can run on a variety of solid metallic fuels. This means that the Neumann Drive can run on nearly any metal likely to be found in asteroids, as well as on sintered-down space junk. So not only can you go further with a Neumann Drive, but you can refuel with whatever you find when you get there. Launches: SpaceX CRS-14 mission Ariane 5 launches Superbird 8/DSN 1 and Hylas 4 satellites News: British-led exoplanet telescope selected as ESA's next space science mission VSS Unity has first powered flight Does Venus' Clouds Have Life? === CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION === Twitter.com/TMRO Facebook.com/TMROTV YouTube.com/TMRO Reddit.com/r/tmro Twitch.tv/TMRO TMRO.tv === OUR REAL-TIME DISCORD CHANNEL === All of the TMRO Shows are created and maintained in our Discord channel. Escape Velocity Patrons have access to a special room, but we also have free #general rooms that anyone can participate in. Join in for free at https://discord.gg/9NkkFWD === TMRO IS CROWD FUNDED === TMRO shows are crowd funded. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for per-episode contribution or http://www.makersupport.com/tmro for monthly contributions and reward information.

The Falcon Heavy has ushered in a new era of space flight. In this new age, what missions can we now launch? Where should we explore next? Aspiring Martian Colonist Ryan MacDonald discusses your visions for the era of super heavy rockets.

SpaceX is targeting Friday, March 30 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Iridium-5 NEXT mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This is the fifth set of 10 satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium’s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium® NEXT. The instantaneous launch opportunity is at 7:13 a.m. PDT or 14:13 UTC and the satellites will begin deployment about an hour after launch. A backup instantaneous launch opportunity is available on Saturday, March 31 at 7:08 a.m. PDT or 14:08 UTC. Falcon 9’s first stage for the Iridium-5 mission previously supported the Iridium-3 mission from SLC-4E in October 2017. SpaceX will not attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage after launch.

What rocket has 9 engines on its first stage, is built by a privately owned aerospace company, uses the most advanced manufacturing techniques available, is one of the cheapest rides to space and has a body that’s almost entirely made out of carbon fiber? If you said SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket you’d be wrong! (its body is aluminum) Move over SpaceX, there’s a new kid on the block! Well, maybe not move over, but pull up a chair to the orbital class rocket table! That’s right, Rocket Lab has officially become the second privately owned rocket company to achieve orbit with their beautiful Electron rocket. Today we’re going to give you a deep run down on some of the exciting features about the Electron, then we’re going to compare it to similar rockets including other upcoming small sat rockets, and past small sat rockets like SpaceX’s Falcon 1. We’re even going to throw in a Falcon 9 for comparison and see which rocket takes the cake for the cheapest ride to space with a cost per kilogram comparison. Oh, and I mean it when I say cake, I got this for the winner. Thanks Coyd'sLab for catching Humanity Star and sending those pictures! - https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder Show your support and join our discord channel and subreddit by becoming Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

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During this year’s SATELLITE 2018 Conference and Exhibition, Orbital ATK, a leader in the emerging space logistics market, debuted the next generation of in-orbit satellite serving technology with the introduction of Mission Extension Pods (MEPs)™ and the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV)™. These two products join Orbital ATK's Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV)™, creating a suite of in-orbit satellite servicing products focused on extending the life of existing satellites. Learn more: bit.ly/2HsY6SR

Max Haot of LAUNCHER joins us to talk about their new rocket company LAUNCHER. We talk about their current tests, 3D printing rocket engines and plans for the future. Launches: H-2A Rocket launches Japanese Reconnaissance Satellite Atlas V Launches GOES-S Weather Satellite News: Dark matter in the cosmic dawn ISS Crew Return to Earth Proxima centauri had a bad day === CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION === Twitter.com/TMRO Facebook.com/TMROTV YouTube.com/TMRO Reddit.com/r/tmro Twitch.tv/TMRO TMRO.tv === OUR REAL-TIME DISCORD CHANNEL === All of the TMRO Shows are created and maintained in our Discord channel. Escape Velocity Patrons have access to a special room, but we also have free #general rooms that anyone can participate in. Join in for free at https://discord.gg/9NkkFWD === TMRO IS CROWD FUNDED === TMRO shows are crowd funded. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for per-episode contribution or http://www.makersupport.com/tmro for monthly contributions and reward information.

The tests for the Stratolaunch happened on Feb. 25 at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California.

See narrated highlights of the assembly of the Atlas V 541 rocket at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 41. The rocket will launch the joint NOAA/NASA GOES-S weather satellite on Thursday 1st March 2018 at 22:02 UTC.

On Jan. 18, 2018, Armstrong’s Subscale Research Lab crew piloted the 𝝁Cub (MicroCub) for its inaugural flight, successfully demonstrating the aircraft’s airworthiness. The MicroCub is a Bill Hempel 60-percent-scale super cub, which has been modified by Armstrong to support engineering campaigns focused on the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). Specifications of the vehicle include a 21-foot wingspan, a Piccolo Autopilot guidance system and a JetCat SPT-15 Turboprop. In this 1-minute, 2-second video, NASA Armstrong highlights the initial flight of the aircraft, validating the ground handling and flight characteristics of the MicroCub-a critical phase needed to educate engineers and validate key technologies that will directly support UAS research and development. Read more, here: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/microcub_first_flight.html

The aircraft development team performed regression testing at the Mojave Air & Space Port on February 24-25, 2018. Ground speeds ranged from 10-40 knots during the test series.

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United Launch Alliance SpaceX turned heads around the world on February 6 with the first-ever launch of Falcon Heavy. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-vulcan-rocket-works-united-launch-alliance-2018-2 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

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